Question

The petitie sportswear buyer places the following order: 36 pants costing $10.75 each48 pants costing $15.50 each24 pants costing $17.50 eachShipping charges were 6%of the billed costs. To find the dollar amount of shipping charges, find the total amount of billed costs. Multiply the number of pants to the cost of each pants and find the sum toal:36 pants $10.75 = $38748 pants $10.75 = $74424 pants $10.75 = $420Then find the sum of each cost to find the gross sales. So the sum of 387, 744 and 420 is 1,551. So the total amount of billed costs is $1,551,000.

Answer 1

Answer:

The dollar amount of the shipping charges is:

$93.06

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

36 pants at $10.75 = $387

48 pants at $15.50 = $744

24 pants at $17.50 = $420

108 pants =              $1,551

Shipping charges        93.06 (6% of $1,551)

Total billed costs = $1,644.06

The shipping charges of 6% are applied on the total product costs of $1,551 to obtain $93.06.  The cost of each purchase of a line of pants is computed by multiplying the line's quantity with its per unit cost.  Then the different costs are added together before applying the 6% shipping charges.